055. Chance

It's Obvious

Wilson watched House limp out of the room and refrained from making the comment he wanted to. While House would probably just have laughed, Wilson knew he really shouldn't swear in front of his patients. He looked over at the patient in question, a fourteen year old boy with leukaemia named Scott, and found him grinning at House's retreating back. Once House was gone Scott looked over at Wilson.

"Is he always like that?" he asked, his grin widening.

Wilson gave him a rueful smile. "Unfortunately, yes."

"I wonder if I could get away with doing that?" Scott mused.

"Not until you're a lot older," Wilson replied as he hung the chart on the end of the bed.

"Pity," Scott said, his grin returning and becoming decidedly mischievous. "So…you and him, huh?"

Wilson blinked. "Pardon?"

"You and him," Scott said again. "You're…together, aren't you?"

Wilson suddenly remembered that Scott's family situation was one of the more interesting of the patients under his care. Scott's parents were amicably divorced and his mother had remarried while his father was living with his male partner.

"Uh…no, actually," Wilson said, sounding a little startled.

Scott looked back towards the door as thought trying to see House again then he turned back to Wilson, a speculative look on his face.

"Could have fooled me," he said finally then his eyes widened and he grinned again. "You want to though, don't you, Dr Wilson?"

"Scott…" Wilson began.

"Why don't you?" Scott urged, seemingly oblivious to Wilson sudden discomfort. "I mean…you two were flirting so you know he's interested. And you're interested. Go for it, Dr Wilson!"

"Scott," Wilson said, trying to marshal his thoughts. "It's…not that simple."

"Yes, it is," Scott disagreed bluntly. "Dad thought it would all be too difficult and that why he stayed with Mom for too long. But in the end it turned out to be really easy. What's the worst he's going to do? Say no?"

Wilson knew that House's worst would likely be a lot more than a simple 'no' but he also had to admit that Scott had a point. Since Julie had left, he'd been thinking about House and their relationship; whether they could have something more than friendship, whether that really was interest he thought he sometimes saw in House's eyes, whether they'd destroy their friendship if they became lovers.

Scott saw him wavering and brought out his next argument. "Take a chance, Dr Wilson. He likes you."

Wilson gave Scott a slightly rueful look. "I think there might be something fundamentally wrong about me taking advice from a fourteen year old boy."

Scott grinned and shrugged. "Hey, I'm the one who got to watch the whole flirting, dating-a-guy thing with my Mom and the whole flirting, dating-a-guy thing with my Dad. I recognise all the signs. You're all gross, you know that? I'm never dating anyone."

Wilson laughed. "I'm sure you'll change your mind in a couple of years."

"I don't think so," Scott grumbled good-naturedly. "So?"

"So what?' Wilson replied with half a grin.

Scott rolled his eyes in an amusingly over-dramatic fashion. "Are you going to walk into his office and kiss him?"

Wilson couldn't deny the appeal of that mental image and he chuckled.

"You know what? I think I just might."

With that he walked out of Scott's room with the young man giving him a cheer as he went.